The Sunday Best (10/30/2016)

The Sunday Best is a collection of a handful of posts I share with you each week. With so many informative and inspirational writers out there, I have no trouble coming up with a number of worthwhile reads each week.

Every featured post should be of interest to any physician seeking financial independence. Some will be written by your physician colleagues; others will be written by our friends and patients who share common goals and interests.

The #FinCon16 recaps continue to trickle in to my Feedly feed. Check out the ever-popular Go Curry Cracker‘s experience attending as a family in Our First FinCon. Next year will by #MyFirstFinCon. I Can’t Hardly Wait!*

This Sunday Best series is the perfect way for me to show my appreciation for what other bloggers are doing. I appreciate the different approaches to similar topics. I can appreciate different writing styles, and the perspectives of people from different walks of life.

I believe I may have mentioned it before, but if not, I was inspired to start my own roundup of featured posts after a Happy Friday in which both Tawcan and Think Save Retire featured me in their respective Weekend Reading and Friday Feast series back on April 8th. My blog was just starting to gain traction, and the exposure was great!

One way I can show appreciation is to give back. Not only by featuring their work on occasion, but also by paying it forward and featuring the work of others. Now, I’m not saying that I feature certain writers simply because they’ve featured me. Those posts above from Tawcan and Steve are a couple of great articles. I wouldn’t post them if they weren’t. But a little quid pro quo is not exactly unheard of in the blogging world.

I also appreciate my Sponsors. Without them, the site wouldn’t cover its expenses, its charitable mission would go unfulfilled, and I probably wouldn’t hustle like I do spread my message and produce articles at the rate that I do. What else do I appreciate? Free stuff!

One of my sponsors, CAPFUNDR, is hosting a free wine tasting in New York City this coming Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in near Park & 23rd St. For more details and registration, please see the Eventbrite page for the event. I’m more of a beer guy, but if I happened to be in NYC, I’d certainly try to stop by.

I ‘ll be almost as far away from NYC as a person can be without leaving the United States. In fact, I’m spending the week just a couple islands over from Resident Sensei’s beloved home. Like the San Francisco trip this spring, my expenses will be covered by the CME fund, and my wife’s ticket was purchased with points. We won’t be roughing it on this trip; the CME money is a use-it-or-lose-it proposition. I’d hate to be left with a surplus.

I’m not sure at what age I’m supposed to stop enjoying the teenage party movie, but I haven’t reached it yet. I grew up with John Hughes movies and other movies inspired by John Hughes movies, and they never get old. Superbad was Supergood.

The very early career burnout is particularly troublesome. I may retire early, but I’ll have put in more years as an attending than the 12 years it took to complete undergrad, med school, and residency.